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Policy Considerations at the Intersection of Technology and Patient Navigation | Dec 7, 2023

Meeting Information: December 7, 2023 | 1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Bethesda, MD

On December 7, 2023, the President’s Cancer Panel held the third of three public meetings on the topic of Reducing Cancer Inequities: Leveraging Technology to Enhance Patient Navigation in Bethesda, Maryland. This event consisted of presentations and facilitated discussion among invited participants to explore policy opportunities relevant to the use of technology for cancer patient navigation. The document below summarizes the themes and priority areas that emerged from this meeting.

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Agenda 

Time Agenda Item 
8:30 - 8:50 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
8:50 - 9:00 a.m. Discussion Process Overview
9:00 – 9:10 a.m.

Policies Impacting Patient Access to Navigation Technologies Presentation

9:10 – 10:15 a.m.

Policies Impacting Patient Access to Navigation Technologies Discussion

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 10:40 a.m.

Policies Protecting Patients, Their Privacy, and Their Data Presentation

10:40 – 11:45 a.m.

Policies Protecting Patients, Their Privacy, and Their Data Discussion

11:45 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch
12:45 – 12:55 p.m.

Certification/Regulation of Patient Navigation Technologies Presentation

12:55 – 2:00 p.m.

Certification/Regulation of Patient Navigation Technologies Discussion

2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Break
2:15 – 2:25 p.m.

Policies to Incentivize New Patient Navigation Technologies and Their Use Presentation

2:25 – 3:30 p.m.

Policies to Incentivize New Patient Navigation Technologies and Their Use Discussion

3:30 – 3:55 p.m. Closing Discussions
3:55 - 4:00 p.m. Final Comments and Meeting Close

Participants

Name Title & Affiliations
Tracy Battaglia, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
Luis Belén CEO
The National HIT Collaborative for the Underserved, Inc. (NHIT®)
Washington, DC
Mitchel S. Berger, MD, FACS, FAANS Member
President’s Cancer Panel
Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Carol L. Brown, MD Member
President’s Cancer Panel
Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Kevin Chaney, MGS
 
Senior Advisor
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Rockville, MD
Jennifer Couch, PhD
 
Chief, Biophysics, Bioengineering, and Computational Sciences Branch
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD
Chris Dymek, EdD Director
Digital Healthcare Research Division
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Rockville, MD
Ricki Fairley, MBA CEO and Co-Founder
TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance
Annapolis, MD
Tamika Felder
 
Chief Visionary
Cervivor, Inc.
Upper Marlboro, MD
Samantha L. Finstad, PhD Senior Health Science Policy Advisor
President’s Cancer Panel
Program Director, Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD
Sara Gerke, Dipl-Jur Univ, MA Assistant Professor of Law
Penn State Dickinson Law
Carlisle, PA
Darcie Green

Executive Director
Latinas Contra Cancer
San Jose, CA

Doug Jacobs, MD, MPH
 

Chief Transformation Officer
Center for Medicare
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Washington, DC

Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD
 

Chair
President’s Cancer Panel
Dana and Albert “Cubby” Broccoli Professor of Oncology
Deputy Director, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
Co-Director, Gastrointestinal Cancers Program
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Maureen R. Johnson, PhD
 

Executive Secretary
President’s Cancer Panel
Special Assistant, Office of the Director
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD

Katherine Kim, PhD, MPH, MBA, FAMIA Principal, Consumer Health Informatics
Health Innovation Center
MITRE Corporation
McLean, VA
Ron Kline, MD, FAAP Chief Medical Officer
Quality Measurement and Value-Based Incentives Group
Center for Clinical Standards and Quality
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Baltimore, MD
Dinesh Kotak, MD
 

National Chair of Technology for Cancer Care
Physician Lead, National Precision Medicine and Genomics Technology Initiative
The Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente
Sacramento, CA

Mei Wa Kwong, JD
 
Executive Director
Center for Connected Health Policy
Sacramento, CA
Michelle Mollica, PhD, MPH, RN, OCN Deputy Director
Office of Cancer Survivorship
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD
Daniela Monterroza, MSPH
 
Health Communications Fellow
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD
Kingsley I. Ndoh, MD, MPH
 
Founder and Chief Strategist
Hurone AI
Clinical Assistant Professor of Global Health
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Timil Patel, MD
 
Medical Oncologist
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD
Mandi Pratt-Chapman, PhD
 
Associate Director
George Washington University Cancer Center
Washington, DC
Alyssa Schatz, MSW
 
Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Plymouth Meeting, PA
Wade Shen, MS
 
Deputy Chief Technology Officer
Director, National AI Initiative Office
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Washington, DC
Amy R. Sheon, PhD, MPH
 
President and Digital Health Equity Consultant
Public Health Innovators, LLC
Adjunct Faculty
Case Western Reserve University and Arizona State University
Rocky River, OH
Ya-Chen Tina Shih, PhD
 
Professor
School of Medicine and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Anne W. Snowdon, PhD
 

Chief Scientific Research Officer
HIMSS
Windsor, ON, Canada

Lisa A. Wagner, MPA
 
Senior Policy Advisor
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

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